Chapter 219
Chapter 219
Chapter 219
Luciella (3)
TSSSSS!
The massive wave of power that Krakar had spewed forth was cleanly severed at the tip of Luciella's sword.
"……!"
A merciless blow of destruction that could have drilled a hole through a planet.
But Luciella, standing before Rudian, dispersed that strike with remarkable ease.
"…Luciella?"
"Are you okay?"
She looked at Rudian while emanating a majestic aura throughout her entire body.
He felt the same divinity as when he first encountered Ruura, one of the Seven Great Gods.
'…What's this?'
Rudian was bewildered.
The fact that there was no sense of incongruity in that appearance was rather what made it feel incongruous.
The power of the seven-colored world that should have come to him had somehow concentrated on Luciella instead.
She naturally endured that power, transforming from a mere mortal into a being on par with the Seven Great Gods in an instant.
"Take my hand, Rudian. I'll share the power with you."
"W-wait!"
"……?"
Rudian hesitated for a moment.
Even though he didn't know why Luciella had been able to handle the power of resonance without any penalty, was there really a need to share power in this situation?
'Couldn't Luciella just beat down Krakar in this state?'
Of course, he had reasons for his hesitation.
Whether Luciella could endure the power of resonance to the very end.
Even if she dealt with Krakar, whether she could leave enough strength to face the remaining twin god, Ktuna.
With various variables remaining, he couldn't simply rely on Luciella unconditionally.
She seemed to understand his concerns and shook her head as she took his hand.
"I'm not in a normal state right now. As you said, it wouldn't be strange if I were consumed by this power…."
"…As I thought."
Rudian had some inkling about this situation.
—Inoooom! What kind of divine protection are you receiving?!
Before long, Krakar was flying toward them, erupting in fury.
'That guy is thinking along similar lines.'
The resonance of the seven-colored world.
To fully receive the backlash from it, one would need to be at least a high-ranking god.
But to secretly neutralize such backlash received by another would require at least the level of the Seven Great Gods.
'Perhaps one of the Seven Great Gods is hoping for our victory?'
For now, he could only think that way.
"But even so, we can't just dance to the opponent's tune."
Rudian gripped Luciella's hand tightly as he said this.
"Especially if it's an opponent who can deceive our eyes and work so secretly…."
"You're right."
SAAAAA!
Through Luciella, the immense power born from the seven-colored world finally began flowing into Rudian.
'Ugh!'
A shock greater than when he had resonated with three seven-colored worlds before struck Rudian.
'My body… feels like it's going to burst!'
Adi's protection was ultimately a mental barrier, so it was useless against this kind of pain.
—Die!
Ignoring the unwritten rule of waiting during transformation, Krakar even brought out the violet world as he attacked Rudian and Luciella.
This was probably proof that the strike Luciella had just shown posed a great threat to Krakar.
—Master, a massive scale of space-time distortion is approaching.
'Can't you block it?'
—Even 10th Class magic would be difficult. Now that primordial power has emerged, there is a way somehow, but it will put a great strain on you, Master.
'Just shut up and take my power!'
Originally, Adi would have responded with "Yes sir!" and unleashed 10th Class magic or whatever, but this time the reaction was different.
—It's going to be… quite painful.
Power that had been near-infinite began draining away infinitely.
Just as the power of the violet world spread like infinity, trying to devour Rudian and the world.
Genesis Territory.
Rudian had borrowed power to perform countless miracles until now….
Each time, he suffered from the rapidly draining exhaustion and physical harm….
But what was happening now, he realized, was something of a completely different magnitude than before.
Rudian gulped nervously for a moment.
Absolute Origin Annihilation.
WHOOSH!
From where Rudian and Luciella stood, the world began turning pure white.
The spell Adi manifested not only pushed back the power of that violet world, but also dyed the nearby universe that had been sparkling with violet light completely white.
Krakar, caught in the annihilation field Adi had spread, let out a scream-like spiritual language.
—God of Machines! Do you dare refuse the fate of observation and insist on helping that human to the very end?! Do you wish to follow the same end as your creators who rejected the great cycle?!
'Huh? What is that guy saying right now?'
—You don't need to worry about what he's saying.
"No, even if I want to ignore it, he's making it impossible to ignore…."
—How annoying. How dare some outer space scum talk rudely about the Creators?
Adi seemed truly angry, enlarging his pupils to an unprecedented size as he shouted.
—I'm only restrained because my main body is sealed right now, otherwise a guy like you would be done with just one hit!
'…Ah, come to think of it.'
Adi's main body was sealed in an external dimension, wasn't it?
Because of that, while Adi was originally a being capable of wielding immense power, right now he could only use others' power like this in a one-shot manner.
Krakar seemed to know this fact as he began drawing power while letting out a sneer.
—Keheheh, no matter how great you are, there are limits now that you're sealed. I'll turn you and your new master into cosmic dust together!
Krakar roared as he pushed back Adi's spell.
"That's rather interesting though."
Despite such a tense situation, Rudian muttered this without any particular sense of crisis.
"What is?"
Luciella, who had heard Rudian's small soliloquy, asked back.
"Until now, only Yev had been able to recognize Adi's existence while he was hiding."
Even Ruura, one of the Seven Great Gods, hadn't noticed Adi's existence when she manifested on earth.
But both Yev and that Krakar very naturally recognized Adi's existence and were wary of him.
'Do all outer space beings do that? No, there doesn't seem to be any such special characteristic.'
The situation was too urgent to solve that question.
"Let's get ready. Adi's spell is starting to lose its effect."
True to those words, the massive energy that had been called Genesis Territory and poured across the entire universe was blocked by Krakar's desperate defense, failing to deal any significant damage.
However, Krakar seemed to have consumed considerable power, as he didn't attack immediately but showed signs of catching his breath slightly.
Rudian stood shoulder to shoulder with Luciella and said.
"The longer we drag this out, the more disadvantageous it becomes."
"I understand completely."
They didn't know when their comrades emitting the resonance of the seven-colored world might become exhausted and collapse.
"I'm still inexperienced in handling it, but I can at least understand the general direction."
Luciella showed confidence by burning the five powers swirling in her dantian as fuel for flames.
Normally, something like qi deviation would not have been strange, but since the power born from resonance was such pure and natural power, she could control it without much difficulty.
"Good, let's go."
Rudian and Luciella were about to charge toward Krakar in earnest.
—Fools like moths throwing themselves into flames…!
FLASH!
The countless eyes attached to Krakar's entire body flashed open.
At the same time, the world began to distort and cracks started to appear.
Rudian understood the phenomenon and grimaced.
"Damn, that's surely…."
—Space collapse. The creature seems to intend to buy time.
While he spoke as if he would kill them all in one blow, what he was actually doing was pure cowardice.
"Is he waiting for Ktuna? How pathetically weak for a god!"
They couldn't expect victory from Ktuna's side anyway.
Unless all the deployed minor gods had cast off their restrictions, just receiving heaven's backup wouldn't be enough to deal with Ktuna, a god of this dimension.
Knowing this, Rudian had pulled some tricks just before departure….
'If he collapses space like that, it becomes difficult to approach… He's got some brains.'
If they carelessly tried to cross space, they would immediately get caught in the destabilized space and have their entire bodies torn to shreds.
'Spatial slash attacks definitely won't work properly either. To break through that….'
They had no choice but to transcend dimension itself.
'Adi, can you calculate dimensional movement coordinates?'
—Of course. However, the problem is that rashly crossing dimensions might get us caught in his scheme.
As a warlike god, Krakar couldn't have never experienced battles between gods.
'…Right, he's probably planning to make us dimensional strays.'
He knows we have the ability to transcend space-time.
Yet he used such a method because he was confident he could remove us from the battlefield if we approached through dimensional movement.
While Rudian was desperately thinking of an approach method.
Luciella, who had been quietly beside him, opened her mouth.
"Rudian, I have a good method."
"What is it?"
The solution that came from her mouth was truly absurd.
"I'll sear space with my flames to create a long passage. Then we can reach him without having to cross dimensions."
"…Is that possible?"
"If you sear a gaping wound, it might become a mess, but you can close skin cracks. It's a similar principle."
"Ah, no, that's easier said than done…."
Searing space to open a path?
For Rudian, it was an idea he had never even imagined.
Truly the power to make the materialization of concepts into reality!
Luciella gave a bitter smile at Rudian's gaze.
"Normally it would be impossible. It's something that would require the original me to skip three levels. But thanks to suddenly transcending levels, I somehow learned the method."
WHOOSH!
Luciella's sword took on full color, then transformed into pure white flames and charged straight ahead.
'…That's!'
Seeing that form, Rudian automatically recalled the name of one technique.
That was precisely the Yugria swordsmanship that Abel had favored using in the original work before completing his Genesis technique.
Yugria-style Spirit Swordsmanship.
Heaven Piercer.
Luciella had only learned that this technique called "Heaven Piercer" meant "to pierce through heaven" after hearing it from Yugria.
And indeed, this technique that had pierced through heaven during the Heaven-Demon Great War was implemented once again in the hands of a disciple who had inherited the flames after 10,000 years.
No, it was reborn as a technique far more advanced than the original, once again aiming for the throat of a god.
CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!
The space that had been cracking like a broken screen began to become smooth and polished, as if penetrated by a missile.
—To use such a shallow trick…!
"How about you, getting broken through by such a shallow trick?"
Immediately, a path toward Krakar opened.
Rudian and Luciella didn't miss that opportunity and launched themselves toward him.
—Kyaaaaaaak!
—Krarararack!
To block their movement, Krakar summoned hundreds of thousands of his minions and filled the surroundings, but….
—Chaos Domain, Material Illumination.
They all began to be cut down by the large-scale annihilation magic Adi deployed.
—……True.
'What's with the "True" again! You just increased the range and power!'
At Rudian's complaint, Adi pouted as if sticking out his lips.
—Doesn't it look cooler that way?
'Not at all.'
Leaving the immediately dejected Adi behind, Rudian shouted toward Krakar.
"Let's settle this once and for all! Don't run away!"
—Heheheh, when the situation becomes unfavorable, I can run away anytime. In any case, you guys won't be able to maintain that power for very long, will you?
'This damn…!'
Krakar was precisely hitting the weak point of Rudian and his group.
Even though his chances weren't that low in a direct fight, Krakar thoroughly sought a safe victory without risk.
—The creature is attempting spatial movement, Master!
Before long, a violet aura appeared around his entire body, trying to transcend space.
He seemed to intend to join up with Ktuna.
And that was the moment.
"Got you."
Rudian's eyes finally changed to those of someone looking at a fish caught in a net.
"Now!"
As Rudian shouted loudly, at that moment, over ten entities of light suddenly burst out around Krakar.
—Wh-why are these guys here!
Krakar was flustered.
The power felt from each of those lights was none other than divine power.
Their identity was precisely the minor gods from the Pantheon who had rushed out to mark Ktuna.